El panorama
Eclesiastés 9 abre con “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and…”, cambia cerca del versículo 9 con “Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity…” y termina con “Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
Las Escrituras junto al resumen
Eclesiastés · Versión King James · 18Eclesiastés 9:1-6
Versículos 1–6: For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the…
Eclesiastés 9:1–6 abre con “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the…” y llega a “Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Eclesiastés.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are…” Esta línea aporta una razón, un resultado o una conclusión. Debe permanecer unida a la afirmación o acción que le da sentido.
“All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean…” El número one hace concreto el relato. Antes de decidir su peso, observa si mide tiempo, personas, distancia, repetición o totalidad.
“This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of…” El número one hace concreto el relato. Antes de decidir su peso, observa si mide tiempo, personas, distancia, repetición o totalidad.
Eclesiastés 9:1-6
Versión King James1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Eclesiastés 9:7-12
Versículos 7–12: Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry…
Eclesiastés 9:7–12 abre con “Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth…” y llega a “For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Eclesiastés.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.” El versículo nombra a God en vez de dejar la acción sin una fuente. Observa si la línea siguiente continúa, responde o contrasta esa acción.
“Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen always, garments, head. Su relación con los versículos 7 y 9 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under…” Nombrar a Live mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
Eclesiastés 9:7-12
Versión King James7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Eclesiastés 9:13-18
Versículos 13–18: This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Eclesiastés 9:13–18 abre con “This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:” y llega a “Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Observa dónde el sufrimiento, el deseo, la injusticia, la duda o los límites de la sabiduría impiden conclusiones superficiales en Eclesiastés.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen seemed, seen, wisdom. Su relación con los versículos 14 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
Eclesiastés 9:13-18
Versión King James13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
14There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
17The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
18Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Ecclesiastes 9:1 comienza con “For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth…”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Ecclesiastes 9:15 forma un giro natural: “Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.”
La nota final
Ecclesiastes 9:18 deja al lector con “Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras wisdom, evil, heart, wise, better, dead ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.